OBS Chapter 372: A few tables gathered
Chapter 372: A few tables gathered
Zhou Mi frowned, "Isn't this the same as gambling? We can't gamble. Have you forgotten Zhou Sanyuan's brother? He gambled away the only two acres of land left in the family. The whole family can only rent other people's land to grow crops. We have to pay 60% rent every year. We have to eat bran and tree bark for eight out of the twelve months of the year."
Zhou Guo said, "Third brother, you are too nervous. We are not going to gamble. We are just playing at home. Besides, the gambling house doesn't have the same way as mine. Maybe those rich families are also playing cards at home. Otherwise, they don't have to work, so how can they spend their days without finding some entertainment?"
No matter how wonderful her words were, Zhou Mi just shook his head and refused to participate. He would not touch anything like gambling.
Zhou Guo had no choice but to say to the old man and Zhou Xing: "If he doesn't come, let the three of us come. It's better to play with three people."
Zhou Xing nodded happily. She thought it was quite interesting. At least it was better than just sitting there.
The old man didn't even drink his tea. He clapped his hands, adjusted his sitting position, and said, "Come on!"
To be honest, Zhou Guo's card skills were not very good at first, but Zhou Xing had never played with the old man before. Once she came on the court, she won more than ten rounds in a row, and Zhou Xing's bowl was nowhere to be found.
But in this way, only Zhou Xing will be punished. We can't let the old man wash dishes at such an old age. He doesn't have enough time to do it on weekdays. Besides, does he know how to wash dishes? If he doesn't wash them cleanly, he will have to wash them a second time.
Zhou Guo had no choice but to change his mind. Seeing the words drawn on the leaves, he slapped his thigh and said, "Got it. Next, whoever loses will be scratched on the face with this charcoal."
This way, the old man can get punished even if he loses, and he doesn't have to wash the dishes.
As the fight progressed, the clean faces of several people were more or less damaged, especially Zhou Xing. Her clean face instantly became as red as the bottom of a pot. When she was silent, only the whites of her eyes could be seen, but when she spoke, her teeth were particularly conspicuous.
This made Li and Qian laugh out loud.
Zhou Guo also had many scratches on his face, and no part of his face, including his forehead and chin, was spared. Half of the old man's face was black.
The three men, their faces covered in black charcoal, became more and more excited as the fight went on.
Zhou Mi, who was standing by, couldn't stand it any more. He pointed at the cards in Zhou Xing's hand and said, "Why did you play this? You run this, and then use these two to collect them. They definitely can't afford it. After playing for so long, how come they can't understand this?"
Zhou Xing frowned and hesitated, "Maybe there is a bang on the other side?"
"And bang, don't you remember the cards? All of them have gone down, so how can there be bang?"
The old man said, "Hey, hey, a true gentleman watches chess without saying a word. Are you coming or not? If you don't come, don't say anything."
Zhou Mi immediately shut up and was determined not to go on stage.
Li and Qian were watching with great interest. It was quite interesting and they were itching to try their hand at it.
While they were playing, someone outside the yard called out, "Guoguo's mom, are you home? We're here to play with you!"
It turned out that Chen came with a few villagers.
Li quickly replied, "Yes, yes, come in."
The curtain was lifted and four women came in. They were all from the local village. When they first arrived, they stayed with Chen and helped them clean the house.
Seeing so many people, Zhou Xing couldn't help but lower her head and run outside, trying to wash off the black charcoal on her face.
Zhou Guo hurriedly said, "Sister, there is no hot water outside."
Zhou Xing was neither going forward nor retreating.
Chen and his friends looked at Zhou Guo's cat-like face, amused and curious, "What are you doing? Why are your faces so red?"
When I turned around and saw the old man like this, I was very surprised. I wanted to laugh but I didn't dare to, so I held it in.
When guests came, Zhou Guo and Zhou Mi had to make room for them. "Auntie, come and have some melon seeds. There are also some cakes here. I'll pour you some hot tea."
Li smiled and said, "They are playing leaf cards. The loser draws a black line on the other person's face. I think it's quite interesting."
"Really?" Several people were curious, "How do you play it?"
Zhou Guo and his friends had no choice but to start playing again.
The Chen family members looked at it for several rounds, and then they came together and stopped setting up the dragon gate formation, and looked at the cards intently.
More than half an hour later, two more tables were opened. Fortunately, Zhou Guo had found a lot of leaves, enough to make three decks of cards.
Everyone in the room was addicted to the fun. Wang Fugui and others came to visit, and the small kang was so crowded that there was almost no room for everyone to sit.
Since they really had no more cards left, Zhou Guo and the others decided to give up the game since they had been playing for such a long time anyway.
There are so many people coming to my house, it’s not easy to greet them all, and it’s getting late, so it’s a good time to cook dinner and have a meal together.
Li also gave up her seat, and only the old man was still insisting on playing. With so many people playing at your house, there must be someone from the host family to accompany them. It just so happened that the old man was idle and bored, and he would easily go to the toilet if he drank too much tea. Going to the toilet in this weather was not a comfortable thing.
The room was bustling with people.
Li smiled and said, "Everyone, don't leave tonight. Stay at my house for dinner. I'll start cooking now."
"Oh, that's embarrassing. I won't eat it. I have to cook for my kid when I get home."
"Yeah, I didn't expect it to be so late. I have to go back."
As soon as the topic of eating was brought up, all the women were anxious to leave. These days, there weren't many people around, so who would dare to eat at someone else's house? And there really was a whole house full of people waiting for them at home.
A few of them left in a hurry, as if there were dogs chasing them. They were told since childhood not to eat at other people's homes, as they would be looked down upon if they were greedy.
The few people who left were not very familiar with the Zhou family.
Those who stayed naturally agreed readily. They all knew the Zhou family's financial situation, and they knew Li's character even more. When she said she would invite people to dinner, she must be sincere. Every time they came to dinner, she would take out whatever delicious food was at home. Besides, they were all acquaintances, so they were not polite.
Chen joked, "Guoguo's mother, they are too shy to bear it, but we are thick-skinned. We said we would stay for dinner and we really stayed. Don't go around secretly saying that we are ignorant!"
The others started to boo.
Li smiled and said, "How could that be? We are already very happy that you can come to our house to visit us. You can stay for dinner and you don't treat me as an outsider. I am so happy that I can't wait. You can have fun. Anyway, everything is ready and can be made quickly."
Zhou Guo and Zhou Xing helped.
It only took half an hour for the food to be heated up.
Most of the ingredients are ready-made, even the steamed buns, which can be eaten just by heating them up.
A group of people were crowded on the Kang to eat. The table was too small for everyone to fit in, so they simply removed the small table and placed the bowls directly on the Kang.
If you can't sit down, just stand and eat.
Zhou Guo held a big bowl with a bunch of delicious dishes in it, and squatted by the fire pit with Zhou Mi to eat happily. The beef brisket seemed to be more fragrant after being stewed for so long. There were also pig's trotters, two of which were braised. She looked at Zhou Mi's bowl next to her and saw only a few pieces of tofu and crispy meat. She picked up the pig's trotters and put them into his bowl.